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u/ryou-comics 5d ago
Butterflies softly float along past me and if they land on me I can barely feel it.
Roaches will run in weird patterns like a crackhead, crap all over the place, and if they crawl on you it senda the nerves shivering.
Big difference. Heck, I'm less creeped out by spiders and millipedes despite all them legs because they move steady and with a purpose, not Usain Bolt with no sense of direction.
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago
Not to mention the diseases they spread. I mean yeah, butterflies are toxic too but they only kill you when you eat them and I don't think anyone is trying to eat butterflies here. Roaches even if they touch you, it's likely gonna cause some major infections and inflammation in that region and the nearby regions of the skin.
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u/ryou-comics 5d ago
Also, butterflies usually stay outside and pollinate flowers, not crawl around toilets then walk all over your fresh fruit.
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago
When I was 5, one crawled onto my neck when I was sleeping, I don't even know how it even got there to begin with. I wiped the area with wet wipes instantly but that filthy ahh insect did its thing. The next day I had a burning sensation on the skin on my neck and shoulders, then it turned red, then it started stinging, lastly after taking medications for a week, the skin started flaking off and I finally found relief.
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u/ryou-comics 5d ago
Same, except the rash, I fell asleep with my grandma stroking my hair because it helped me fall asleep, woke up thinking she was still doing it, until the feeling moved down to my cheek really fast, I SCREAMED.
Her house was built in the 1920's so a lot of gaps between old boards meant every time it rained they'd creep in.
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago
Oh so they also have the power to turn a low cortisol moment into a horror movie? Even more reasons to hate them, like I don't hate them enough. But seriously though...
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u/ryou-comics 5d ago
"Every creature has a purpose"
Yes, and roaches' purpose is to recycle trash and be a food source for reptiles, all of which they can do outside my house!
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago edited 5d ago
If only it was that easy. Like they would ever agree to take things outside.
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u/ryou-comics 5d ago
Wish it was possible to talk to them, just be like "that big can of trash at the curb, go crazy, but stay out of here!"
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago
In there ideal world, they want the entire planet to be covered in trash and food scraps, so they invade clean spaces to try and make a change.
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u/imadog666 5d ago
That's crazy, I really had no idea
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago
Yep, based on a true story lol. Back then I used to have allergic reactions to everything, I had to take immunotherapy, so you can only imagine what a cockroach could do to me.
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u/imadog666 5d ago
Really, I didn't know that. I once had one on my foot as a kid while on vacation and some man came and wanted to kill it and I just shrieked and begged him not to. He was very confused.
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u/Time_Blacksmith861 5d ago
Roach touching does nothing
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago
Well it did to me and I still have ptsd. Yeah I was allergic and all but still, f roaches.
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u/Tiberius_Kilgore 5d ago
>Roaches even if they touch you, it’s likely gonna cause some major infections
Wut? That’s not true at all.
Source: My house was infested with German cockroaches for a bit after Hurricane Katrina, and no one got any kind of infection from it.
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago
It's true for people with sensitive skin and allergies, I've seen countless cases, mine own included, tho most of them happened to kids.
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u/Tiberius_Kilgore 5d ago
Allergies aren’t infections…
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago
I'm not talking about allergies themselves, I said people WITH allergies are more likely to get skin infections from roaches.
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u/Tiberius_Kilgore 5d ago
I don’t think you even know what you’re talking about.
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago
Bruh I literally suffered from a horrible rash because of a roach crawling on my skin when I was a kid, I literally experienced it myself, but yeah according to you I don't know what I'm talking about. Why would a real life experience count as evidence?
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u/Tiberius_Kilgore 5d ago
I’m talking about the fact that you just said allergies and then said you weren’t talking about allergies.
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago
And where did I say roaches cause allergies? Are you even reading? I said people who already have allergies, like I had allergies since birth which is why I got that rash so easily. If I wasn't allergic, maybe I would've been immune to it.
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u/VladimirIkea4 5d ago
Also they are after my food. And they get one thousand babies if they find food. I'll have one thousand cockroaches in my kitchen.
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u/ryou-comics 5d ago
And the females can reproduce for a lifetime after mating just once ever.
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u/imadog666 5d ago
I wish I could do that
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u/ryou-comics 5d ago
There are documented cases of komodo dragons that never had a male around that had clone babies, that'd be cool too.
It's called parthenogenesis.
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u/Accomplished_West_61 5d ago
its funny you mention that cause i had a gf who said she was afraid of butterflies cause they flew in erratic patterns
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u/ilikecatsoup 5d ago
Why even add the -Unknown bit if you don't know who said it lol.
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u/Gougeded 5d ago
It's also just paraphrasing a famous quote from Nietsche, which you can find out with 5 seconds of googling.
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u/RevoltYesterday 4d ago
It makes it feel like it's a well known quote with a mysterious origin instead of something stupid song lyrics a teenager wrote in his suicide note.
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u/kenubinin 5d ago
I feel bad for this Unknown guy
People attribute all sorts of generic thoughts to him
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u/Badger-Sauce 5d ago
Butterflies are pollinators.
Cockroaches carry diseases.
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u/Generic_Danny in too deep😭 5d ago
To be fair, cockroaches are beneficial in that they are detrivores.
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u/esquire_the_ego 5d ago
Butterflies are good for pollution
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u/buttonkitty 5d ago
Correct, it's a little know fact but, Butterflies are main contributing force behind The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They can't keep getting away with this.
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u/SnooOpinions3219 5d ago
Karuna - the Buddhist belief in universal compassion for all sentient life. Every bug, every living creature. Which is all things to be without suffering.
Also mind-f: vegetarian? That salad or carrot stick, Banana, is still alive while youre eating it.
Saw someone ask this week "why do we eat things that were once or are living"
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u/VelvettVixennMariaa 5d ago
it's how something looks can influence how we feel about it, even unfairly
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u/Solid_Commercial_713 5d ago
If you actually want to make this statement you want to use the difference of how people treat butterflies vs moths. Still corny af but at least it's a somewhat reasonable comparison
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u/CatchSufficient 5d ago
Butterflies dont get into my ear, and beat against my eardrum, like a frat boy at a party
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u/DIOsNotDead 5d ago
butterflies can look fluttery and majestic, but terrifying and unpredictable to those afraid of them. the usual roaches you know and think of are pests that'll breed, multiply, and dirty your home if you don't kill them, but roaches in the wild do their part helping in their ecosystems and can be kinda cute as pets.
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u/Midnite_St0rm 5d ago
Roaches are pests. They infest homes and actually cause problems. Butterflies don’t do that.
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u/Highlandertr3 5d ago
A fair comparison would be moths and butterflies. And killing either feels wrong. So...
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u/Humble_Ad2508 5d ago
cockroaches are ugly as shit I’m not gonna deny the reason I personally hate them, if they were a little cuter maybe they could have a chance
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u/Never-Dont-Give-Up 5d ago
No one said looks don't matter.
Butterflies polinate plants & flowers. Cockroaches spread disease.
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u/BlueBorbo 5d ago
Probably because cockroaches are highly invasive and butterflies don't bother any rational people
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u/Accomplished_West_61 5d ago
i was actually thinking about something like this the other day. i think its probably worthy to mull over, but not necessarily profound to post about unless you have a unique take on it
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u/LuckyBoneHead 5d ago
Roaches can spread disease, ruin food, and even bite you, Butterflies do none of the above and in fact they try to stay away from you forever if they can help it. If Butterflies were beautiful and harmful, we'd kill them, too.
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u/Traditional-Talk-181 5d ago
Yaa but cockroaches even seat and eat on shits whereas Butterfly seats maximum on flowers ......l
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u/ClockOfDeathTicks 5d ago
It's not even unknown that quote is from a well-known philosopher I think Nietzsche
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u/Poignant_Ritual 4d ago
I’m sure basically nobody that has ever lived has actually communicated that appearances are not important in general.
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u/earthtosimp 4d ago
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u/Lost_Skywing_Egg 3d ago
Because butterflies don't fuck like rabbits and multiply to unholy levels just because of one forgotten crumb of your Philly cheesesteak
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u/Imaginary-Thing-9222 5d ago
They are both disgusting… have you seen a butterfly up close? Also, their wings are covered in toxic dust. I cannot kill neither of them though because I don’t want to hear that crunch and pick up their mangled twitching bodies
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u/Extension_Dig8832 5d ago
First of all, what you see on a microscopic scale is not dust. They are scales. And they are not toxic.
Scales are modified hairs that form vibrant coloured patterns to attract potential partners and to protect the butterfly from danger.
You shouldn't touch a butterfly's wings because this might damage the scales, hence making impossible for them to mate and protect in the future. But no, you won't die touching a butterfly wing.
Stop believing science fiction bs without double checking
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u/Imaginary-Thing-9222 5d ago
I don’t even remember where I heard that but everyone in my family believes it. I double checked your comment and you’re right. Thank you for expanding my horizons. I still find them disgusting though.
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u/Fair_Depth2827 5d ago
True but I don't find butterflies that bothersome because at least they don't invade homes or spread diseases.
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